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Tag Archives: Islamic State
Iraq
Officials: US airstrikes pound ISIS near Iraqi dam
Iraq
Plight of Iraqi Minorities Worsens With Forced Conversions and Killings
US airstrikes at Mosul Dam likely offensive in nature
Islamic State fighters at the Mosul Dam are neither directly threatening US personnel in Irbil, nor are they impeding the humanitarian mission on Mount Sinjar.
Australia
Living in Australia, longing for jihad
Iraq
Britain to Keep Up Iraq Surveillance Flights
Iraq
Strange bedfellows: terror groups, Kurdish factions unite against ISIS
Iraq
Iraq Sunni Tribes Take Up Arms against Jihadists
Iraq
ISIS leader flees to Syria fearing US airstrikes: Kurdish official
Christians
‘Barbaric’ sexual violence perpetrated by Islamic State militants in Iraq – UN
Al Nusrah Front
UN Approves Measure to Combat al Qaeda Fighters
Iraq
Iraq crisis: Philip Hammond says UK would consider arming Kurds
Iraq
British ‘jihadist’ describes his plan to go to Iraq or Syria to fight
Islamic State
Islamic State takes Akhtarin
Iraq
Did the Pentagon misjudge the danger on Iraq’s Mount Sinjar?
Abdullah Azzam Brigades
Lebanon – Three hotspots could erupt into violence
Iraqi military claims to retake control of 4 cities north of Baghdad
Dhuluiyah, Ishaqi, Mutassim, and Balad weren’t considered to be controlled by the Islamic State before the military claimed to have liberated the cities.
Iraq
Maliki finally steps aside as Iraq Sunni leader sees US help
Iraq
Despite US Claims, Yazidis Say Crisis Is Not Over
Islamic State
Syrian army takes town near Damascus in blow to rebels
Al Qaeda
Obama administration shows little urgency for stemming Islamic State violence
The Muslim Scholars Committee and the Lebanese tinderbox
A group of Lebanese clerics with links to Islamist groups mediated a ceasefire between the Lebanese military and fighters from the Islamic Front and the Al Nusrah Front in Arsal, which let as many as 2,000 Islamist fighters escape with over captive 35 Lebanese security forces.
Iraq
After US troops’ assessment mission, rescue on Sinjar ‘far less likely’
Iraq
Iraqi Kurds accuse local Arabs of supporting IS
Al Nusrah Front
Lebanon – Arsali and refugee relations tense
IHH
Why is Turkey supporting Islamic State fighters in Iraq?–commentary
France
Iraq crisis: International boost to arms and aid supply
Islamic State advances against jihadist foes in Aleppo
The jihadist group ejected the rival Al Nusrah Front, al Qaeda’s branch in Syria, and allied jihadist groups from five towns and villages in Aleppo province.
Iraq
Disrupt ISIS’s Cash Flow in Iraq
Islamic State
Exclusive: Islamic State militants seize wheat from state silos – Iraq Grain Board